Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-03-17
HOME, FARM AND GRADEN.

The prime requisites for the best
breeding stock are yigor, proportion,
good feathers, the best blood.-7roy
Times.
If you can give your animals an
occasional change in their food you
will find that they will eat with more
relish, and what they get will do them
more good than if confined to regu-
lar diet. Your horse is very much like
yourself in this particular. Indianapo-
lis Journal.
Let no one who has garden hesi-
tate to plant an abundance of fruit, at
least for their own use, not overlook
ing the easily grown and very produc-
tive small fruits besides cherries, plums
and others. If the matter be taken
hold of judiciously all may feel assured
of fair rewards for the outlay made
San Francisco Chronicle.
"A turkey stuffed with mushrooms
was one of the features" of recent
dinner party in town, and at the same
feast the ice-craam came in the form of
boxes, the co ;ers of which, lifted off,
disclosed crystallized fruits within. The
dinner was given by a representative
of the class that "never does any thing
by halves. IN T. Mail.
This fig pudding is liked by many
persons: Six ounces of suet minced as
fine as flour, six ounces brown sugar,
three-quarters of pound of grated
bread, half pound of minced figs, one
teacupful of milk and some grated nut
meg. Mix all well together; add one
egg well beaten, and boil in mold for
four hours. Serve with sweet sauce
The Caterer.
In dealing with unfruitful pear
trees, says Popular Gardening, root
pruning will often induce fruitfulness,
and sometimes top pruning in March
or early in April will answer the same
purpose. Some varieties of pears re-
quire age before bearing. Over-ma-
nuring and working among the trees
will cause strong growth of wood
and but little fruit with some sorts.
We advise mapuring in fall and win.
ter rather than in spring.
The bones go from the table to the
dog, which, as a matter of course, as il
is characteristic of dog kind, after
finishing his repast, leaves them in the
grass or anywhere he happens to be.
"A nuisance" you say. Sure enough,
but we can turn them to good account,
if no other way is open, by digging a
trench at the base of the grape-yines
and burying the bones in it, where they
will help tertilize and increase the
growth of the vines. Try it.-Detroi
Tribune.
indigestion is best known by tn,
moping about of the birds, and on ex'
animation the breath is found to be
offensive. 1t is simply the result Of
feeding on too rich food, and, if neg
lected, develops into some more serious
disease. As soon as discovered the
birds should be put on the very PLANES
diet, both plain and reduced in guam
tity. With this some powdered char
coal should be mixed, or rhubarb pills
may be administered, say one-third o
an ordinary-sized pill to each chick
-Western Rural.
To make good but not expensive
plum-pudding chop half a pound o
raisins, half a pound of sultanas, two
ounces of candied peel and half pound
of apples; mix with half pound o
beef suet, one pound of bread-crumbs
quarter of pound of flour, half {
pound of sugar, a little spice and I
pinch of salt; put sufficient new milk t.
make the mixture rather stiff; butter
basin, put in the pudding and boil fo
six hours. This quantity will make ;
large pudding. The Household